Chris is a smart young guy living in New York when his mother tragically dies, and his father has a nervous breakdown and is unable to work. The money runs out and Chris’ job at the used bookstore won’t pay the rent, so his cousin (and best-friend) Brian finds him a lucrative position delivering marijuana for Brian’s prep-school chum, Hayden. One fateful day in the bookstore, Chris meets his new boss’s girlfriend Audrey - and he instantly falls for her.

When Hayden expands his business to include cocaine, his professionalism slides and more and more of his sideline starts going up his nose. While Hayden’s relationship with the drug strengthens, his ties to Audrey weaken and she begins to spend more of her time with Chris. When Hayden OD’s and ends up in the hospital, Chris spends the night with Audrey. The star-crossed lovers soon find themselves caught in the middle of a deadly drug war.